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August 9, 2009

形容詞(けいようし) adjectives

みなさん、こんにちは！

Today, I will write about classifications of Japanese adjectives :

(a) い形容詞(けいようし) & な形容詞

① い形容詞( i-adjectives) end with " い " and it is placed directly before the noun to modify.

② な形容詞(na-adjectives) do not end with " い " and they must be followed by “na” when they modify the noun. There are 5 exceptions which end with " い" : きれい (beautiful)、しつれい (rude)、ていねい (polite)、きらい (dislike) ゆうめい (famous)、

②感情形容詞 (emotive adjectives) ex. うれしい (happy), かなしい(sad）, いたい(hurt), 感情形容詞 expresses only speaker’s feelings, because you really don’t know other’s feelings. When they are used for someone others, ｢がる｣｢そう・みたい｣ need to be added. ex. かれは いたがっています。(Seems like he is in pain.) かれは かなしそうです。 (Looks like he is sad.)